Putty-trowel.



S. F. WRIGHT.

PUTTY TBOWBL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4-, 1909.

- Patented Aug. 16,1910.

SAM I. WRIGHT, 0F ANNA, TEXAS.

PUTTY-TROWEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed November 4, 1909. Serial No. 526,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM F. WRIGHT, citizen of the United States, residing at Anna, in the county of Collins and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Putty-Trowels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device particularly adapted for applying putty to window panes, and the invention consists in a trowel for this purpose, having a blade relatively narrow and set at an angle to the handle, the blade being sharpened at its edges, pointed at one end, and having a sharp, upwardly turned rear end.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of my device in use; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improved putty trowel; and, Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof, the shank being in section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all. the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to these figures, 2 designates a flat strip of metal constituting the blade of the trowel or tool, 3 designates a shank extending upward and rearward from the blade and attached thereto in any desired manner, and A designates a handle mounted on the shank. It will be seen that the bandle is at an angle to the plane of the blade. The side edges of the blade 55 are beveled or sharpened, and the rear end of the blade is outwardly turned, as at 6. The forward end of the blade is angular, as at 7, this angle being obtuse, and the forward end is slightly beveled so as to form more or less of a cutting edge.

In using this device, the putty is spread out thin over a board or other supporting surface, so that the side of the blade can be used to cut the putty. It is to be noted that either side of the blade can be used for this purpose and for sticking the putty in place in the window. After the putty has been put in place upon the window, one stroke of the trowel will put a smooth finish thereon, the handle being so arranged that it is relatively easy to keep the blade at the proper angle to give this smooth finish, the turned end of the trowel permitting the blade to slide easily over the putty and also adding to the smooth finish obtained thereby. This turned end also acts to force the putty beneath the blade so that the putty will be thoroughly compressed and forced into all the corners and empty spaces between the pane and the frame in which the pane is mounted. By holdin the blade so that the pointed extremity is forced inward, it will be obvious that it gives a slightly concave surface to the putty. It will be obvious also that the beveled or pointed end will accurately [it the bevel of the corners of windows, so as to press the putty into shape thereagainst, and that the pointed end of the trowel may also be used for working the putty into corners and into holes *which would be otherwise diflicult to fill up. The double end of the trowel permits it to be used for either the right or the left hand, to suit the user. It gives the putty at the corners of the window a smooth finish and with the proper angle or bevel thereto. The device is equally convenient wherever it is desired to force putty or like composition into corners, to cut the putty into strips, or to trim it.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A trowel of the character described, comprising a flat, relatively narrow blade having a shank extending from its upper face, one end of said blade being angular, the other end of the blade being upwardly turned toward the handle.

2. A putty trowel comprising a flat blade, one end of which is upwardly turned, the sides of said blade being beveled, a shank rearwardly projecting from the blade, and a handle mounted on the shank.

3. A putty trowel comprising a flat relatively narrow blade having beveled side edges, the forward end of the blade being In testiinony whereof I afiix my signature alnguzlxr an]? also beveled, the rear end of in presence of two Witnesses.

t1e ade eing u \vardly curved, and a shank attached to the upper face of the a SAM VRIGHrl' blade and extending outward and slightly lVitnesses:

toward the curved end thereof said shank LEE GUTHRIE,

being provided with a handle. R. F. STROTHER. 

